Half to augustus k parry



(No Model.)

F. N. VANIBR.

CARRIAGE.

Patented Oct. .23, 1894..

I liwhlor: WA mrfl VNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

FRANCIS N. VANIER, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOAUGUSTUS N. PARRY, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,909, dated October23, 1894.

Application filed August 4, 1 8 94:.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS N. VANIER, of Amesbury, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Carriages, which will, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, be hereinafter fully described and specificallydefined in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a carriage body andseats embodying my invention; one seat being in position for use and theother moved forward as when the occupants of the rear seat are enteringor leaving the carriage. Fig.2 is a longitudinal vertical section ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 with the seats in theposition shown in that figure.

The object of my invention is to provide a carriage having two seats thefront one of which is mounted in grooves to be turned forward so as toallow room between it and the rear seat so that the occupants of saidrear seat can pass between the two seats in entering and leaving thecarriage.

Referring again to said drawings, A represents the body, which is shownas of the out under type, but which can be either of that type or thestraight bottomed kind,as my invention is adapted to either. I

The rear seat D is permanently secured to the body as are the rear sidepanels a. The front seat is divided in the longitudinal line of thebody, the off half being marked 13 and the near half being marked C;each half having the forward movable panel b permanently secured to it.For the purpose of moving front seats B and C there are four metalplates, two to each seat, marked 0, in which are formed a longer topslot d and a lower short slot 6. Said plates are secured to side sills fand a central sill g when used on a out under carriage, and when thecarriage is made straight said parts may be employed, and there are twoplates 0 attached to part g, one on each side.

Seats B, C, are connected with slots d, e, by pins 7b and a that move inthe slots, and are Serial No. 519,478. (No model.)

formed with heads to hold them therein. Said pins are at the outer endsof seats B, C, secured to the end panels I) of the seats as shown bydotted lines in Fig. 1, and at the inner ends of said seats they aresecured in the lower ends of legs j, 70, shown in Figs. 2 and 3, whichlegs are secured to said seats for the support of their inner ends.

When it is desired to move seats B, C, forward it is only necessary toexert a moderate degree of force upon the one to be moved, when it iseasily moved to the position shown in Fig. 1, pin it moving in slot atto the top thereof while pin 1 moves down. in slot 6 to the bottom ofthe same, the seat being then held by its own gravity till it is desiredto return it to a level position when a reverse force restores it toposition for use.

It will be apparent that the front seat can be formed as a whole insteadof being divided into halves B, C, and that if so formed as a Whole pinsh, i, would only be provided at the two outer ends; but it is now themore common practice to form the front seat in two halves as shown.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A two seated carriage provided with plates 0 duly secured to the bodyand formed with longer slot cl and shorter slot c and the front seatprovided with pins h, 71, arranged to slide in said slots as the seat isturned forward and back, substantially as specified.

2. In a two seated carriage the front seat divided in two halves B, C,each half being provided with end panel b and at the inner end with legsj, 70, both said end panels and legs being provided with pins h, 2',arranged to move in slots (1, e, formed in plates 0 when the seat isturned forward and back, substantially as specified.

FRANCIS N. VANIER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE H. BRIGGS, DELL W. DoLBIER.

